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School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

Location:
Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
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    There was a man and no man
    Had gun and no gun
    Shot a bird and no bird
    On a tree and no tree
    Answer: A boy, and bow and arrow, a butterfly and a bol-ywan. ?(ragwort)
    Up he got, in he stuck
    Every jag in his trousers shuck
    A man thatching a house
    What is it that God can't do
    Answer: Make two hills without a hollow between them
    Twice the half of two and a half
    Two and a half.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tom Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Kilmacart, Co. Carlow